MAKEDEV.LOCAL(8) NetBSD System Manager's Manual MAKEDEV.LOCAL(8)
NAMEMAKEDEV.local -- create site-specific device special files
SYNOPSISMAKEDEV.local [-fMs] [-mmknod] [-ppax] [-tmtree] {all |
site-specific-argument} [...]
DESCRIPTIONMAKEDEV.local is used to create site-specific device special files. Each
argument may be the word all or a site-specific argument. By default,
there are no valid site-specific arguments, and the all argument has no
effect; This may be changed by editing the script.
The script is in /dev/MAKEDEV.local. Devices are created in the current
working directory; in normal use, MAKEDEV.local should be invoked with
/dev as the current working directory.
Supported options for MAKEDEV.local are the same as for MAKEDEV(8).
FILES
/dev special device files directory
/dev/MAKEDEV script that invokes MAKEDEV.local with the all argu-
ment.
/dev/MAKEDEV.local script described in this man page
SEE ALSOconfig(1), intro(4), MAKEDEV(8), mknod(8)HISTORY
The MAKEDEV.local command appeared in 4.2BSD. Handling of the same com-
mand line options as MAKEDEV(8), and the use of MAKEDEV(8) as a function
library, was added in NetBSD 5.0.
NOTES
The relationship between MAKEDEV.local and MAKEDEV(8) is complex:
+ If MAKEDEV(8) is invoked with the all or local argument, then it will
invoke MAKEDEV.local as a child process, with options similar to
those that were originally passed to MAKEDEV(8), and with the all
argument.
+ MAKEDEV.local uses shell functions defined in MAKEDEV(8). This is
done by loading MAKEDEV(8) using the shell ``.'' command, with the
MAKEDEV_AS_LIBRARY variable set (to inform MAKEDEV(8) that it should
behave as a function library, not as an independent program).
NetBSD 5.0.1 April 9, 2008 NetBSD 5.0.1

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